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Introduction to Seed Saving in Scotland
12:30 – 16:30 Sat 7 Feb | Online | Ā£30 or free Buy tickets here Interested in seed saving and want to learn more? š± Join our Seed Saving in Scotland Online Training! š Saturday 7th Feb, 12:30 – 16:30 If youāre a commercial or community grower in Scotland and have been feeling the call […]
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Putting seed at the heart of ORFC 2026
Each year, we are swiftly awoken from our midwinter hibernation by the vibrant life force that is the Oxford Real Farming Conference. With 150 sessions bringing over 3,300 participants together for the future of agroecology, these two days amid the stillness of early January are a moment to behold for food sovereignty. This year marked […]
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Tomato Trials, Tastings, and the Future of ResilientĀ Crops
Ā Over the past year, the Seed Sovereignty Programme has gone, by its own admission, a little tomato mad. Tomatoes are one of the most widely grown and loved food crops in the world, and they also happen to be one of the easiest plants from which growers can save seed. This combination made them an […]
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Voices from the Seed Gathering
Our first in-person Seed Gathering brought together seed guardians from every corner of the UK and Ireland, bringing with them stories, knowledge, and heaps of inspiration and energy for the future of the seed sovereignty movement. Below, we share some reflections from our wonderful participants, including our collaborative poem, Diversity, woven together by Hot Poet […]
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We support small-scale commercial growers, community groups, and home gardeners & allotmenteers with trainings, networks, resources, and information to help protect and restore seed diversity across the UK & Ireland. For millennia, small-scale farmers have freely cultivated, saved, and shared a vast diversity of seed. Over the last century, corporate food production has seized seed […]
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Legislation Resource
Legislation can be a challenging topic, but it is of vital importance as it affects all of us. We’ve been working with Fulya Batur of Kybele Consulting to demystify this topic for our network so that more people feel empowered to join the conversation and advocate for fair seed legislation. Fulya Batur is a lawyer […]
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Seed Databases
You will need to check seed databases when you want to certify a variety. You must check first if your variety is listed in the national catalogue. If your variety is not in the list you can then apply to get your variety added to the national list. You can check the section Resources: Legislation […]
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Crop Guides
Click here to access a quick reference crop guide with all the key information about 64 vegetables, produced by Edwin Nuijten from theĀ Louis Bolk InstituteĀ and adapted by The Gaia Foundation. Longo MaiĀ and TheĀ European Civic ForumĀ produced the Seed Films including 32 crop guides and other videos on seed saving. You can watch themĀ here. TheĀ Organic Seed AllianceĀ have […]
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Seed Production Webinars
Vital Seeds, based in Devon, specialises in UK-grown organic, open-pollinated seeds. They have just launched an online seed-saving course which can be accessed by anyone. While there is a fee to enrol, Vital Seeds offers a discount for professional/community growers. Get in touch with them at info@vitalseeds.co.uk for more information. Learn more here. Longo MaiĀ and […]
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International Seed Initiatives
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security is a movement for resilient seed systems across Canada. They collaborate with farmers, seed producers, researchers, and partners from civil society, government and business with the aim to conserve and improve biodiversity, maintain public access to seed, build and share knowledge of farmers about ecological seed production […]
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